"Stevia has great potential in the foreign market," said Dr. Maria Elena Quimio of the Bicolandia Greenfields Development Organization (BIGFIS) during a project monitoring visit conducted by BAR in Bicol.
Stevia is a natural sweetener made from the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana). Native to tropical and subtropical regions in North and South America particularly in Paraguay, it is mainly grown for its leaves as a sweetener and sugar substitute. In the Philippines, some farmers drawn to the herbal medicine trend have started to experiment planting stevia in small areas.
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